Ice-shaver.



PATENTED FEB. 3. 1903.

J. F. WILLIAMS.

ICE SHAVER. Arruogmon FILED AUG. 28, 1902.

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. J. P. WILLIAMS ICE SHAVER.

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WITNESSES: V INVENTOI? JAMES F. WILLIAMS, OF VINOENNES,

PATENT OFFICE.

INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-TI-IIRDS TO FRANCIS SOHENKER, OF VINOENNES,INDIANA.

ICE-SHAVER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 719,967, dated February3, 1903.

Application filed August 28,1902.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JAMES F. WILLIAMS, of Vincennes, county of Knox, andState of Indiana, have invented a certain new and useful Ice-Shaver; andI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,in which like figures refer to like parts.

The object of this invention is to form and compress ice as it is beingshaved into a desired form.

The nature of this invention will be understood from the accompanyingdrawings and the following description and claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device with theice-chest broken away in the middle. Fig. 2 is a horizontal crosssectionon the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the devicewith the ice-' chest tipped somewhat and partly in vertical section andalso centrally broken away. Fig. 4 is a central vertical section fromfront to rear through a part of the machine on a line between the halvesof the ice-shavings vessel. Fig. 5 shows the half of the vessel notshown in Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a detail of the knife-mounting.

In detail the drawings show a frame 10 with 0 two arms 11 and 12 and aclamping-screw 13 for securing it to a table. The frame has a horizontaltop or head 14, in which a shaft 15 is mounted. To such shaft the half16 of the ice-shavings vessel is secured. The shaft15 3 5 is actuated bythe pinion 17 thereon'an'd the gear 18 on the spindle 19 and the crank20 on said gear.

The ice-shavings vessel is formed of the half 16 and a correspondinghalf 21, mounted 0 on the spindle 22. The two halves register with eachother andinterlock by the lug 23 on the half 21, fitting in the recess24 in the half 16 when brought together by the bar 25. It is pivoted at26 to the top 14 of the frame 10 and is held in closed position by latch27, pivoted at 28 and engaging catch 29. When brought together, as seenin Figs. 2 and 3, the halves 16 and 21 make a closed vessel to receiveice shavings, and it is rotated by shaft 15. A slot 30 extends throughthetwo halves of the vessel, as seen in Fig. 3, through Serial No.121,397. A (No model.)

which the ice shavings pass as shaved by the knives 31, secured in andat one side of each slot. The slots and knives in the two halvesregister, so as to operate as one slot and one knife.

The ice before shaving is in the chest 35, that is mounted above theice-shavings vessel on the base 36. The base 36 is provided with thearms 37, which are pivoted to the top 14 of the pivots 38 on the frame10. The icechest is provided with the legs 39, which rest on the bar 25,which is the normal position. The ice is placed in the chest 35 from thebottom whenina recliningposition. Fromthence it is moved into a verticalor normal position.

It is fed to the shaving-knife by gravity and also the pusher 40 on thenotched bar 41, extending through the top of the chest, and forced downby the lever 42, fulcru med to the link 43, that is pivoted to thebracket 44. The lever has a pawl 45 to engage the teeth on the bar 41,and said bar is slidably mounted in the eyes 46. It is held inengagement by spring 47 and withdrawn by the finger-piece 48.

49 is a block of ice. The mass of ice-shavings is removed from thevessel by releasing latch 27 and throwing the ice-chest 35 back. Notonly will the ice-shavings be pressed in the vessel by the pressure ofincoming ice due to shaving, but gravity will aid the machine.

The interior of the vessel here shown is spherical to make snow-balls;but it may have any other desired design.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. In an ice-shaver, a cylindrical closed vessel to receive theice-shavings which is formed of two parts that permit the contents to beremoved without breaking the mass, said ves- 9o sel having alongitudinal slot in it,a knife in the side of said slot for shaving theice, means for rotating the vessel, and means for holding the iceadjacent said vessel.

2. In an ice-shaver,acylindrical closed ves- 5 sel to receive theice-shavings which is formed of two halves, each half having a slot init that registers with the slot in the other half,

a knife in the side of the slot thus formed for shaving the ice, meansfor rotating the veszoo 3. In an ice-shaver, a Vessel formed of twointerlocking halves, means connected with one half for rotating it,means for mounting the other half soit can be separated from itscompanion half, a slot in said vessel, and a knife at said slot forshaving the ice.

4. In an ice-shaver, a vessel formed of two interlocking halves, meansconnected with one half for rotating it, means for mounting the otherhalf so it can be separated from its companion half, a slot in eachhalf, the two slots registering with each other, and a knife at eachslot for shaving the ice.

5. In an ice-shaver, a frame, a rotary shaft herein named.

JAMES F. WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

N. E. BECKES, HENRY S. CAUTHORN, Jr.

